my 240 likes to die alot

[ammons_eli]

more than normal my budies does it to some times but its not just when i hit the brakes a little hard on mine it will die just idling especially when i'm in heavy traffic any solutions or do i just keep cusing at the car

[Dazzla]

overheating maybe?

[ammons_eli]

nah wish it was that easy my temp is always half or down

[fourLUG_hero]

Stock temp gauge isn't very accurate at all. Get an aftermarket temp gauge and keep an eye on your temp's for any spikes.

[samxini]

Do your RPMs kind of bounce up then stumble back down before it dies?Might be a vacum leak somewhere.Are you pulling any codes?

[OutToWinPAHC]

Yeah we need more info then it dies. What are they symptoms and how does it act?

[ammons_eli]

sometimes it jumps alittle bit but most of the time the rpms drop especially when i'm slowing down out of gear so i usually slow down in gear untill the last min. but it still sometimes will bottom out and will try to recover makeing a bogging sound but other times it doesnt even try to get back up idling rpms i still dont think its overheating (even though i could be wrong) becouse it will do it even with ikn the first 15 min of run time after not being used for several hours even all night

[OutToWinPAHC]

Do you have a CEL? Sounds sensor related, MAF, TPS, o2

[Nonsense]

Maybe a fuel problem? Check your fuel pressure if you can.

[tmwnn]

Vacuum leak? My old escort did the same, I had to constantly hit the gas pedal at stops so it wouldn't die. Ended up being a vacuum leak from a worn out manifold gasket. A couple of weeks ago my 240 started doing the same. Once again it turned out to be a vacuum leak, this time from one of the hoses from the intake pipe which had come off.

[NismoZRS]

let me tell you.. that could be so many different things... my suggestion is find somebody with an OBD 2 scan tool and then youll know

[Justin35ll]

if only the car was an obd2

[nightsauce]

how did no1 mention the IACV? Take it out, clean it, reinstall it. Done..